Despite a number of injury issues in recent years, Tiger Woods is still competing at the highest level on the PGA Tour all thanks to a routine that he follows every day
Tiger Woods has opened up on the daily routine that helps him to continue to compete on the PGA Tour despite a whole host of injury problems in recent years.
Woods has announced himself as arguably golf’s greatest ever athlete during his career, winning 82 times on the PGA Tour, including 15 major championships. More recently things have been tougher for the golfing great, having suffered career-threatening injuries during a car crash in February 2021.
Since then the 48-year-old has been forced to revert to a part-time playing career on Tour, which has seen him compete just eight times since making his return to the Masters in April 2022.
Despite the set backs, Woods was still able to tee it up against the likes of Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy at Augusta National last month, making the weekend cut for a record-breaking 24th consecutive time. Appearing on the Today Show, Woods revealed the secret that keeps him competing at the highest level.
“A cold plunge, everyday. Religiously,” the 15-time major champion commented. Woods had outlined plans to play at last once a month this campaign, starting with February’s Genesis Invitational. He was forced to skip past March however, having withdrew from the Genesis weeks earlier after falling ill with influenza during his second round.
He then made his return at Augusta in April, finishing in 60th after completing all 72 holes for just the fourth time in two years. Despite being forced to miss the Players Championship in between his February and April outings, Woods insisted he plans to stick to his one-event-a-month plan moving into the summer.
“The next three months, I have three majors and hopefully that’ll all work out,” he added. His next test will come in just two weeks, with Woods intending to tee it up at major No. 2 of the season when the PGA Championship heads to Valhalla, a course in which he has won the prestigious title at previously.
As mentioned by the 82-time Tour winner, his attention will then turn to June and the U.S. Open, which will take place at Pinehurst, before the major championship campaign comes to an end at Royal Troon with the Open Championship taking place one month later.
There is no doubt Woods is currently far from scintillating best having endured a number of fitness problems, however the 48-year-old believes he still has what it takes to add one more win to his CV. “If everything comes together,” Woods said at the Masters last month. “I think I can [win] one more.”
One more victory for Woods would make him the outright most successful PGA Tour player of all time, with his tally of 82 tied with another golfing great in Sam Snead. Aside from golf’s four majors, Woods has competed in both the Hero World Challenge and Genesis Invitational since his comeback in 2022 – two events in which he plays tournament host.